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Sweet Home Junior High Winter Honor Roll
Eight Grade – 4.00: Taryn Abbott, Brookelynn Burke, Leilanie Chao, Zoey Erevia, Alexis Franklin, Suzie Griffin, Rylie Hooley,…
Comcast fiber line price quote gives councilors sticker shock
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council balked Thursday night, April 4, at the price of extending…
Proposed 2019-20 city budget includes big capital projects spending hike
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s city manager is proposing an 18.8-percent increase in spending, mostly composed of some…
County completes most of dam road improvements
Sean C. Morgan Linn County has completed substantial portions of its Foster Dam Access Road project, paving the…
Sheriff’s Office to crack down on distracted drivers
Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon wants the public to remember that distracted driving is not only unlawful, but…
City proposes lowering school district water rates
Sean C. Morgan The city’s Administration, Finance and Property Committee has directed City Manager Ray Towry to move…
Donors come through for Sankey upgrades
Sean C. Morgan The city Park and Tree Commission has reached its fund-raising goal of $132,000 to match…
Basset hound, icon at local barber shop, remembered
Sean C. Morgan Some businesses have regulars who customers may sometimes find remarkable and memorable. Think Norm of…
Local talent on display Saturday
Local artists will strut their stuff Saturday night as the Sweet Home Oregon Coalition for Artistic and Scholastic…
City Council formulates goals during three-day focus session
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council will likely continue into the next year with a slightly…
Mealey pine forest project may take shape at Sunnyside Park
By Larry Mauter For The New Era Linn County and a local woodlands group may team up to…
Council to weigh street-legal side-by-side ATVs
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council will consider whether to allow the use of side-by-side all-terrain…
Defendant accused of variety of charges following standoff with police
Darrell Loren Schilling, 50, of Sweet Home, was arraigned March 25 in Linn County Circuit Court on eight…
Kayakers rescued after spilling in chilly S. Santiam
Two women were rescued Sunday morning, March 31, after their kayaks overturned in the South Santiam River near…
Temporary dead ends
Sean C. Morgan Hallways lead to barriers. Doorways in the gym open to wooden walls where the locker…
City builds funding for sewer plant
Sean C. Morgan If everything goes just right, City Manager Ray Towry told the City Council March 12,…
Few file for open seats in May 21 election
Two incumbents have filed for the May 21 Sweet Home School Board Election. The district has five open…
Armed standoff ends peacefully
A high-speed pursuit ended in a standoff Friday night between an armed male subject and multiple law enforcement…
City explores ideas for Main Street crossing at 22nd Avenue
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home is looking at options to provide a safer pedestrian crossing…
Community Foundation awards nearly $13,000 in grants
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Community Foundation last week awarded $12,787 in grants to seven charities and…